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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

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Tealium Adds $35M to Expand Technology, Sharpen Customer Focus

Xconomy

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7

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Transpera Takes $8.25M In Second Round

socalTECH

Santa Monica-based Transpera , a provider of mobile video advertising technology, announced Thursday that it has raised $8.25M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Flybridge Capital Partners, and included new investor Labrador Ventures. According to Transpera, the funding also includes debt from Silicon Valley Bank.

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Small Business Marketing | Get Customers versus Get Leads

Tech Zulu Event

Having paying “Customers” is what makes the cash register roar. An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Second, how to get leads.

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Interview with Skyler Lucci, HeyTutor

socalTECH

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. Now we're in over 100 cities and have over 10,000 clients, 10,000 tutors, and a platform which is working very efficiently, and gives the customer what they want. In this industry, customer acquisition costs are super high.

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8 Reasons Online Dating Sites Are a Business Dead End

Startup Professionals Musings

Many business opportunities, like this one, need thousands or millions of existing users before new users and advertisers are interested to pay real money. The customer value proposition is difficult to quantify. Investors and customers alike want to see return that can be measured against the costs.

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StartupDemo Was a Huge Success!

Tech Zulu Event

Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. VC/Angel Panel.